Ingredients Buyer

The Company Nigel Wright Group is delighted to be supporting a leading international food manufacturer in the search for an Ingredients Buyer to join its growing procurement team. This is an excellent opportunity for a procurement professional with ingredients or raw materials purchasing experience to take ownership of a diverse spend portfolio within a large, fast-paced manufacturing environment. Working across multiple sites and supplier categories, you will play a key role in ensuring supply continuity, driving commercial value, supporting NPD initiatives and strengthening supplier performance. The Opportunity Reporting into the Procurement Manager, the Ingredients Buyer will manage a broad range of ingredient categories (flavourings, seasonings, additives) and work closely with colleagues across Procurement, Commercial, Quality, Technical and Operations. Key responsibilities include: • Managing end to end procurement activity across a diverse ingredients portfolio • Managing sourcing projects, supplier negotiations and cost-saving initiatives • Building and developing strong supplier relationships • Monitoring supplier performance across cost, quality, service and compliance • Supporting new product development and innovation projects • Conducting spend analysis and reporting to identify improvement opportunities • Working with Quality and Technical teams to ensure specification and regulatory compliance About You The successful Ingredients Buyer will have: • Procurement or purchasing experience within food manufacturing, FMCG or a regulated manufacturing environment • Previous experience sourcing ingredients, raw materials or similar • Strong supplier management and negotiation skills • Good commercial awareness and analytical capability • Excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills • Experience using ERP systems and Excel • A proactive, hands-on approach and continuous improvement mindset Why Apply? Join a major international food manufacturing business with significant scale and investment, managing a significant ingredients spend portfolio and play a key role in supporting innovation, supplier performance and business growth. For a confidential discussion and further details, please get in contact.